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imans : the Imans or Imams were the Mohammedan priests

more strictly, the title was Hmited to a .sélect few. 22. les Turcs en guerre avec l'Egypte : cf. p. 4, 1. 29 to

p. 5. 1- 7- 30. Bagdad, the seat of the Seljukian Empire. ,, du Caire, where the Fatimite Caliph lived. Notice the article, which is part and parcel of the noun, and cf. — Le Havre La Mecque

La Haye La Rochelle

93. 7. Naplouse : cf. note p. 70, 1. 19. 8. Gabaon : ef. note p. 76, 1. 17.

,, II. Afdal : cf. note p. 75, 1. 8.

,, 13. Gaza (Azzah), the last town in the south-west of Palestine, on the frontier, towards Egypt. Its situation makes it still a very important eity.

,, 29. la porte de l'occident, i.e. the Jaffa gâte.

,, 31. Arnould : this was Arnold of Rohes, near Oudenarde, who had corne to the crusade as chaplain to Robert, Duke of Normandy, and who now sueeeeded Sim.eon as Patriarch of Jérusalem ; cf. note p. 44, 1. 10.

94. 4. jour et nuit : one sa\-s likewise nuit et jour, il travaille nuit

et jour, cette fontaine cojile jour et nuit, etc. ,, i^. Sorrec, or Sorck ; this river flows into the Mediterranean just below Ascalon.

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